Cuomo to LIPA: Bear the cost of raising poles

May 15, 2013

Long Beach resident Sam Kinsley says LIPA representatives recently went door-to-door in her neighborhood, demanding money to pay for new, taller utility poles and wires to accommodate homes that must be raised.

The Long Beach City Council fired off a protest letter to Cuomo and then said this morning that LIPA has been ordered not to burden storm victims.

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